AEPG

No history can ever be complete - it lies by omission. Simply too much has gone on for us to nail it all down, and every person who has been a part of Gathering past carries their own stories! So, since Time-Life Books has been unable to come up with sufficient cash to buy the publishing rights, what you'll find assembled here is by no means a comprehensive history. Instead, it's a collection of subjective reviews and eyewitness accounts gathered from various sources, focusing on Gatherings of the six years past. We hope it will give the curious further insight into what happens each summer in that sunny field, and spark a few memories in the minds of those who were there.

The Gathering first took form in the thoughts of a small group of people who recognized that their family's homestead (over two hundred years old) could be made into a fine place to bring together people of the Earth's faiths. Many others heard of his idea for the first time through a call for support on the White Cliffs of Albion, a Pagan BBS active at the time. From there it was but a short step to collaborative meetings at renowned Halifax coffee shop The Daily Grind. Come Spring, the very first crews of doughty volunteers took to the land, clearing the trails and reclaiming the then-wild field, using everything from lawnmowers to a scythe... and the rest is, um, history.

It is now 2025 and the Avalon East Pagan Gathering has been reborn…

The Avalon East Pagan Gathering, or AEPG, is an annual outdoor event held by and for pagans and other followers of Earth-centred spirituality, and those interested in learning more about them. Something between a camp out, small open-air festival and three-day church picnic for heathens and astrologers, each year the Gathering welcomes people from all over the Maritimes, Central Canada and beyond.